I was runnin' through Sonora lookin' for a place to hide I robbed a bank in Chihuahua they told me that the teller died Now I'm drinking cheap tequila with a black-jack dealer, abig-eyed chaquita at my side Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he'stryin' to find I was ridin' through the dessert looking for an Indian guide I was searchin' for peyote and a wise man who never had lied Then the dirty federales chased me clean to Nogales tell me, wheredoes the secret lie Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he'stryin' to find Lord tell me, how long Lord tell me, how long Lord tell me How long can a man go wrong when a home is all he's tryin' tofind I was hidin' in a station, waitin' on a train to ride I saw my face on a poster, it said I'm wanted Dead Or Alive So now I'm back in Sonora with a half-breed who*e And it seems like I'm at the end of the line Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he'stryin' to find Lord tell me, how long Lord tell me, how long Lord tell me, how long can a man go wrong when a home is all he'stryin' to find